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Rhodes College to Charge $1,500 ‘Health and Safety’ Fee to Unvaccinated Students

Rhodes College to Charge $1,500 ‘Health and Safety’ Fee to Unvaccinated Students

“as vaccines have become available, the college expects students to get fully vaccinated”

Doesn’t this just sound like a way for the school to collect some extra cash?

Campus Reform reports:

College to charge unvaccinated students $1,500 ‘Health & Safety’ fee

Starting Fall 2021 , Rhodes College will charge unvaccinated students $1,500 per semester to “cover the costs of mandatory testing.”

The school, located in Memphis, Tennessee, announced the policy in a June 8 letter.

Rhodes College will require the COVID-19 vaccine for all students, staff, and faculty on campus after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) formally approves the vaccines. As of this writing, the school strongly encourages vaccination.

Students who choose not to receive the vaccine can file a medical or religious vaccine exemption before the start of the Fall semester. Non-vaccinated students will also be required to undergo weekly COVID testing.

Rhodes College Vice President for Student Life Meghan Weyant told WREG3 asymptomatic testing was free for all students in the Spring semester, but as vaccines have become available, the college expects students to get fully vaccinated.

“As we prepare to welcome our returning students home and the largest incoming class in Rhodes history, we believe a campus-wide commitment to vaccination will really allow us to do our part in getting our students back on campus for the academic experience that we know they so much want,” Weyant said.

She added that she has not received push back from students saying they don’t want to take the vaccine. “The response has been positive,” she said. “Students want to be back on campus.”

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Comments

healthguyfsu | June 16, 2021 at 8:59 pm

Do the students filing an exemption from the vaccine for medical or religious reasons have to pay the $1500 fee? If not, expect a ton of summer religious experience conversions.

“Doesn’t this just sound like a way for the school to collect some extra cash?”

No, it sounds like unconscionable coercion. As for the students, they’re idiots if they think they need these vaccines, 18-22 year olds have basically zero risk from covid.